thanks guys for your opinion. thing is everybody uses a small bike here and keep a sport or roadbike for overland trips. i want one bike as an allrounder and to be honest the xt is so much fun here. trips are short, roads are bad, weather is great and i can enjoy myself everyday with the xtx. i tried the transalp - boring and too bulky for here - and roadbikes are too stiff for our roads. on the specs the xtz has 120mph compared to 98mph for the x, dont know if this is possible. i even considered the bmw f800 but still at a loss.